Well, Australia Day has come and gone, and it was a beautiful day for a "barbie". Jase and Brenda brought us along to hang out with some of Jase's oldest friends and their families. The location of the barbie was at Chinaman's Beach, located in a very posh neighborhood park in Sydney Harbour.
The beach was beautiful, but the water was still a tad bit cold for us after Hawaii. We've been told that since there is no ozone here in Oz that you can get 3rd degree burns in less than 10 minutes. This has been enough to scare the living crap out of Veronica and myself, so we have been wearing sunscreen everywhere. Better safe than sorry!
An interesting person we met at the barbie yesterday was Patrick Keating. Patrick's father is Paul Keating, who is the former Prime Minister of Australia. In fact, the former PM was thinking of coming to the barbie, but unfortuantely decided that since there were no people his age that he would skip out. Pretty crazy to think that Veronica and I were so close to meeting a former leader of the free world. It would have been a bit like moving to the US and meeting Bill Clinton on the 4th of July.
Perhaps my favorite part of the day happened when a 5 year old child told me that "Americans are idiots". We laughed pretty hard at that one. The boys father Simon (a great bloke) was a bit embarassed and tried to blame it on his son's schooling, but we know better than to believe that line. In reality, everyone welcomed us like we were a part of their family. Great people these Australians.
The pictures show Veronica at the lovely Chinaman beach. Another one shows some of the kids giving a rocking performance to AC/DC much to the delight and laughter of the adults. The one where I look like a madman is actually me chasing a 5 year old boy around after he stuffed ice down my shorts (which seems to be a favorite pasttime for these young whippersnappers!).
Hope all is well. Veronica and I are off to Curl Curl beach to soak up a little sun, but no skin cancer!
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